This has been living on the ‘Book for a while now, but I figured I might as well give it a shout here as well:
You are invited to come join six local teachers as they read from their co-authored book-Teaching Hope. (***currently #33 on the NYTimes Best-Seller List***)
Host: Philly FW Teachers
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009
Time: 6 – 7 PM
Place: Borders Books, 1 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA
Books are $14.99, paperback. All proceeds benefit the Freedom Writers Foundation that continues to train teachers in innovative, tried and true learning methods as well as continuing to sponsor continuing education for worthy and deserving students.
About TEACHING HOPE:
“Think of that teacher, that one teacher—the one who made the difference, who saw you and pushed you to find out who you wanted to become. This book is written by 150 people who attempt to be that teacher in the lives of their students, every day.” Thus begins TEACHING HOPE: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers and Erin Gruwell; Foreword by Anna Quindlen (Broadway Books, September 2009; Trade Paperback Original). Marking the 10th anniversary of the New York Times #1 bestseller The Freedom Writers Diary, Erin Gruwell has gathered a merry, mixed band of fighters—150 teachers from across the United States and Canada trained in the Freedom Writers Method—to tell their stories of teaching students in and out of traditional classrooms and, just maybe, change the world.
Erin presented at NECC this summer. She was awesome (as always). Saw you in her video clips!
A couple people tweeted that they saw me. Wish I could have been there.